What is a good competitive moveset for Sandshrew? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Sandshrew is popular Ground-typed Pokemon. Sandshrew is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Sandshrew can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Sandshrew is weak to Grass, Ice, and Water-typed attacks.
Species: Sandshrew Item: Groundium Z / Expert Belt Ability: Sand Rush Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 56 Hp / 252 Atk / 200 SpD Moveset: - Earthquake / Stomping Tantrum - Poison Jab / Brick Break - Knock Off / Night Slash - Shadow Claw
Physical Sweeper Sandshrew (Sand Rush)
Sandshrew is a marvelous Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Sand Rush, if sandstorm is active Sandshrew's speed is doubled; immunity to sandstorm. Poison Jab or Brick Break are added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon). ♦ Stomping Tantrum is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Ground-type move (power doubles if your Sandshrew's last move failed). ♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target). ♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune). ♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item). ♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio). ♦ Shadow Claw is a physical 70-base power Ghost-type move (high critical hit ratio).
No additional EV spread were found for this set at this time.Array
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Sandshrew? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Sun/Moon generation metagame.
Species: Sandshrew Item: Groundium Z / Life Orb Ability: Sand Rush Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) EVs: 56 Hp / 252 Atk / 200 SpD Moveset: - Earthquake / Bulldoze - Rock Slide - Poison Jab / Double-Edge - Knock Off / Night Slash
Doubles Physical Sweeper Sandshrew (Sand Rush)
Sandshrew is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Life Orb boosts the power of Sandshrew's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sand Rush, if sandstorm is active Sandshrew's speed is doubled; immunity to sandstorm. Poison Jab was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon). ♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage). ♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes). ♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target). ♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil). ♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item). ♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Sandshrew learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation. Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
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Note: The damage listed here under Versus is not actually calculated using the in-game damage formula. It is simply calculated using typing weaknesses and resistances from the selected type-matchup modifier along with STAB (if applied) to help sort through and give a general idea as to how powerful certain moves might be towards that selected typing after modifiers are applied. Several moves listed here may have additional effects that might alter actual damage output which are not factored on this specific list. Use damage calculators to find actual damage amounts.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Sandshrew can perform in Sun/Moon. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive SM Move and Ability Combos for Sandshrew
Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
Moves: Endure + Flail
Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
Moves: Rest + Snore
Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
Moves with Priority: Bide, Detect, Endure, Protect
Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Sandshrew's stats
Curse
Defense Curl
Hone Claws
Metal Claw
Rage
Rapid Spin
Skull Bash
Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Sandshrew
Earthquake
Hidden Power
Knock Off
Protect
Rapid Spin
Rest
Stealth Rock
Toxic
Common Effort Values for Sandshrew in Sun and Moon
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